Lisbon In looking at the demise of institutional labor in the United States and most of the world, we all frequently look at the issue of density, which is defined as the percentage of workers that are members of unions compared to the total level of employment (usually non-agricultural employment). Density is an extremely …
Category: Community Organizing
Report on Israeli Community Organizing
New Orleans From time to time I like to provide a report from one of our far-flung correspondents. Jeff Ordower, Missouri ACORN Head Organizer, and Jordan Ash, former director of the ACORN Financial Justice Center (who is now on leave) visited the Middle East in the fall including Jordan and Israel. This report was …
No Play Neighborhoods
New Orleans The Census Bureau released a study not too long ago called “A Child’s Day.” They claim there are marginal improvements for children. Let’s hope so, because some of the report was particularly depressing. Our children are becoming prisoners of their own homes in many neighborhoods — and I suspect these are overwhelmingly …